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1. ROSS.

COMBINED CHAIR AND HAMMOCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31.1919.

Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

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Toall whom z't may concern: a .Be it knownthat I, J AMES Ross, a subject ofthe King of Great Britain, residing at Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan land Dominion of Canada, have invented "new and useful Improvements in Combined Chairs and Hammocks, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to a new and useful improvement in a suspenslon chair and the I principal object of the invention is to make the chair similar to a canvas hammock wlth means for suspending the chairin diflferent positions.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the position of the foot rest of the chair may be adjusted to different positions.

The invention also consists 1n certamother features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts,

i to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifi- V 1 cally pointed out in the appended claims. I

fIn describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompany ng drawings wherein like characters denote llke or corresponding parts throughout the sevand chair from a strip of canvas 1 havlng one a 1 eral views, and in which 80 Figure 1 is a side view of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view; r

lme 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 1s a section on Fig. f is a detail. As shown-in these views I construct the end secured to a cross iece 2 of wood or the like. The other end 0 the canvas is secured to a foot'rest. 3 which is also made of wood or similar material and 1s padded as at 4.

The strip 2 is provided with the openings 5 through which the ends of the suspending ropes 6 are passed and knotted. The ends .of the ropes are secured to a supporting rim 7 which is adapted to engage a; hook or the like asusual. I may place fingers 8 on the ropes to engage with the cross piece 2 to give these clips carry the buckles 10. A strip 11 strip is looped around the edge of the seat portion of the canvas strip 1 and secured thereto by stitching or the like. In this way the canvas strip is held in position to form a seat, a back and a leg supporting part. I

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provide a pair of stripsl2 which have their upper portions stitched to the rear side of the back portion of the canvas strip and to the under part of the rear part of the seat portion and from said seat portion the str' s extend downwardly and are secured to tiie under side of the foot rest 3. The foot rest has secured to its outer edge the ropes 13 which are secured to the main rope 14, which carries the rings 15 and l6,the ring 15 being spaced from the ring 16 so that when this ring 15 engages the supporting hook the foot rest will be raised so as to support the occupant of the chair in a reclining position. By placing the ring 16 in engagement with the supporting hook the occupant of the chair will be supported in an upright position.

I form pockets 17 in the sides of the chair as shown, these pockets being formed by sewing an extra strip to the side pieces of the canvas.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantagesand novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

\Vhat I claim is:

I. A device of the class described, comprismg a cloth strip formin the back and seat of the chair, the seat portlon having side extensions and strips secured to the side extensions to'form pockets, a rigid cross piece connected with the upper end of said strip, flexible strips connecting the front edge of the seat portion with said rigid cross piece, supporting ropes connected with said cross piece, and suspending means connected with the seat ortion of the chair.

2. A cevice of the class described, comprising a canvas strip forming the back and seat portions of the chair, a: foot rest connected with the extended portion of the seat part of said strip, a bar connected with the p upper end of said strip, a looped strip having its ends connected with the ends of said bar and its looped portion sewed to the edge of the seat portion thereof, suspending ropes connected with said cross bar and suspending-ropes connected with the foot rest.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a canvas strip forming the back, a seat and leg-supporting parts of the chair, a cross bar connected with the upper end of saidstfip,""a' 'footrest' connected with theT-hav ein'POrt IOnSSeWe te lthefrearjfac e j lower end of said. strip, supportingi'op's" 6ft backiportion a'nd'thefbottom'ofjthe;

"connectedwith saids'nppbrtinglbar;imppfort;' 'seat peftibfi*"' lie'i'ri-fitlie'liends' connected l-b ing ropes connected with the 001; rest, a; strip 1 'T 1 5 having its; center stitched tq ithei'clialii' fi'd i' c tion of the strip and its ends connected with" hetencds -nfLuge/ ences:ban-cudwhens-swipe, 

